Author: (Hammett, Dashiell; Gardner, Erle Stanley; Sayers, Dorothy; Stout, Rex; et al).
Title: The Pocket Mystery Reader. [Includes the Complete Novelette "the Farewell Murder" by Dashiell Hammett, Which Was Subsequently Adapted for the Screen As "Another Thin Man"].
Description: New York: Pocket Books, Inc. (1942). (1942). - Small octavo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, mass market paperback bound in orange, black & yellow wraps. The covers are creased with minor wear to the head and tail of the spine. The top and bottom edges of the rear cover are lightly dampstained. 363 & 11] pages. There is a vertical crease to the inner edge of one leaf and the bottom edges of the last several pages are lightly stained from the red dye. Good. First printing. Includes Dashiell Hammett's novelette, "The Farewell Murder", a Continental Op story first published in 1930 which was then adapted as "Another Thin Man", the third entry in the Thin Man series of films. Good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; MYSTERY; DASHIELL HAMMETT; THE FAREWELL MURDER; DETECTIVE FICTION; ANOTHER THIN MAN; THE POCKET MYSTERY READER; ERLE STANLEY GARDNER; DOROTHY SAYERS; REX STOUT; FIRST PRINTING; 1ST; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FICTION; MASS MARKET PAPER


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